Island Expedition Rewards Update in Tides of Vengeance - Rewards Based on the Island's Mobs

Blizzard has just posted a blue post on their forums talking more about the rewards in Island Expeditions! This is the explanation that was promised after the Coldlight Surfrunner hotfix that happened a couple weeks ago.\r\rRight now, rewards are dependant on the types of creatures you encounter and kill on an Expedition, which leads to significant divergences between people wanting to farm Azerite and people wanting to farm rares for rewards.\rFor example, on a Hozen-themed Island, you would need to kill Hozen mobs and rares for a chance at Banane de mauvais mojo.\rIn Tides of Vengeance, the chance of earning cosmetic rewards will depend solely on the denizens you encounter on the Island! You will no longer need to kill specific creatures to have a chance of earning cosmetic rewards.\rUsing the last toy as an example, in Tides of Vengeance, all you need to do to have a chance at the Banane de mauvais mojo is to arrive at an Island with Hozen enemies.\rThe chances of earning cosmetic rewards are still higher on higher difficulties.\r\rWith this, Island Expeditions become much less of a drag to farm, allowing you to simply speed clear the Island without worrying about specific mobs.\r\r\rIn Tides of Vengeance, in addition to two new Island Expeditions, we\u2019re making a number of adjustments and improvements to Islands. One of those changes will alter how various cosmetic rewards are determined, and we\u2019d like to explain that further, as we promised here: https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarcraftDevs\/status\/1065080683058487297\r\rCurrently in Battle for Azeroth, Island Expeditions have a chance to reward cosmetic items based on which type of creatures you and your team defeated. For example, if the island theme of the week was Hozen, there\u2019s a chance to receive one of the Banana toys. If the invaders were Nerubian, you could have a chance to receive the Voru\u2019kar Leecher companion pet (among other things). They way this has worked is by means of a hidden scorecard that counted your group\u2019s efforts against anything on the island that was part of the invaders\u2019 ecology. So if anyone in the group earned some Azerite from killing invaders or mining Azerite near the invaders, everyone in the group had a chance at the cosmetic rewards. That chance grew based on how much invaders\u2019 Azerite was obtained, and was also a higher chance in Heroic and even higher in Mythic difficulty Islands. We set the maximum chance you could earn at a reasonable threshold, in the hopes that players wouldn\u2019t feel that they needed to only kill invaders and not complete the islands in a natural way.\r\rOf course, that\u2019s not how it worked out. Confusion around the best way to get cosmetics led to a divergence in playstyles, with some players wishing to focus exclusively on hunting specific creatures, while others wished to win the island efficiently to get Azerite. This caused a significant amount of tension between players who had differing goals.\r\rIn Tides of Vengeance, all players on an Expedition will have a chance to receive cosmetic rewards based on the island\u2019s inhabitants, rather than which enemies were specifically defeated. That chance will again be higher on higher difficulties, but there will be no need to strategize around invaders. The most efficient way to receive cosmetic rewards will be whatever tactics cause you to complete the Island quickly, on the highest difficulty that you\u2019re comfortable.\r\rThanks to everyone who has stormed our high seas with feedback on this. We really appreciate it.\r

Commentaires

Commentaire de rosvield

Commentaire de GalenTheGrey

Yeah, this is for the best. There was too much splitting off and doing your own thing in expeditions. It doesn't lend itself to that.

Commentaire de NekroFenix

on 2018-12-03T09:44:21-06:00

thank you

Commentaire de Geckomedic

on 2018-12-03T09:45:33-06:00

Finally..... They SPEAK, its only been how many months\/weeks to hear anything from them. \r\rIt really should of been explained as such right at the start -- then it wouldn't haven't led to the mass confusion people had.

Commentaire de Tristan987

on 2018-12-03T09:48:45-06:00

again with the horrible grammar and weird choice of words (differing goals? really?)\r"They way this has worked"\rThat multi billion dollar budget isn't wasted on copy writes at least

Commentaire de Kendrubbin

on 2018-12-03T09:49:27-06:00

What a dumb change, why not just stop obfuscating the drop tables and keep the targeting mechanic, it's more interesting.

Commentaire de loretah

on 2018-12-03T09:51:25-06:00

Good, with the old system it was just not worth doing the expeditions.

Commentaire de Neryssa

on 2018-12-03T09:51:48-06:00

What a dumb change, why not just stop obfuscating the drop tables and keep the targeting mechanic, it's more interesting.\r\rThe problem with the targetting mechanic is that it makes Islands a lot slower to complete, since you had to take time to kill all the rares and stall completion to trigger invasions. This created divergences as people wanting to farm Azerite or level alts want to complete Islands as quickly as possible. \r\rNow you can both clear them fast and have the same chance for loot drops :)

Commentaire de Melandari

on 2018-12-03T09:52:31-06:00

So we are back to farming crocodiles at the beach now?

Commentaire de Madcocogirl

on 2018-12-03T09:52:34-06:00

Better late than never I guess... I just don't know how they ever let the old system get to live with the way it is. Might actually do island expeditions now.

Commentaire de Matrixwolf

on 2018-12-03T09:58:31-06:00

" So if anyone in the group earned some Azerite from killing invaders or mining Azerite near the invaders, everyone in the group had a chance at the cosmetic rewards. "\r\rso its now confirmed mining azerite nodes near the specific mobs also gives u rewards, no more ignoring nodes for only mobs now.

Commentaire de kellyislame

on 2018-12-03T10:03:24-06:00

It's a start, however, it still doesn't address abuse of the vote kick feature whereby two people will queue in together and kick the third random player right before the expedition ends to increase their chance at receiving rewards.

Commentaire de lovelywaz

on 2018-12-03T10:04:12-06:00

So we are back to farming crocodiles at the beach now?

If thats what it takes to finish the run quickly for you, yes!

It's a start, however, it still doesn't address abuse of the vote kick feature whereby two people will queue in together and kick the third random player right before the expedition ends to increase their chance at receiving rewards.

They need to rework the vote kick system for small groups and scenario type runs like Islands. Worst part is, you might end up with a half hour deserted debuff (personal exp). And there's nothing you can do even if you open a ticket to complain, you will receive standard typical copy paste political BS response from GM saying there can be any reason that you got kicked and they won't take any actions or even investigate.

And the abuse continues, because offenders KNOW they won't get penalized.

Commentaire de Jtellez3

on 2018-12-03T10:07:09-06:00

Finally..... They SPEAK, its only been how many months\/weeks to hear anything from them. \r\rIt really should of been explained as such right at the start -- then it wouldn't haven't led to the mass confusion people had.\r\rWell Blizzcon was Nov.3 and its currently Dec.3 so its only been a month, and a week or so from the coldlight thing.

Commentaire de CedraTM

on 2018-12-03T10:08:40-06:00

Finally. Great for everyone tbh.

Commentaire de nikolaivelikovv

on 2018-12-03T10:16:18-06:00

That took a while... If only they make such change's from the start. One could only hope.

Commentaire de Melandari

on 2018-12-03T10:19:06-06:00

\rIf thats what it takes to finish the run quickly for you, yes!\r\r\rBut.. we hated to farm crocodiles at the beginning of the expansion. Now we are back at farming crocodiles.. why do we like this change?

Commentaire de doombladez

on 2018-12-03T10:24:58-06:00

Great change, looks like I'll be leveling some alts soon.

Commentaire de Moon87

on 2018-12-03T10:26:52-06:00

again with the horrible grammar and weird choice of words (differing goals? really?)\r"They way this has worked"\rThat multi billion dollar budget isn't wasted on copy writes at least\r\rDo you know what irony is?

Commentaire de Lostelf

on 2018-12-03T10:28:01-06:00

Huzzah! Maybe when I finally get around to resubbing they\u2019ll be worth doing.